Meet the Journalist: David Gauvey Herbert
Invisible Children is now on the frontline of a covert war against the Lord’s Resistance Army in eastern and central Africa. New York-based writer David Gauvey Herbert investigates.
View ArticleResources for the University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators 2017
The following are lesson plans that have been written using the reporting by journalists that presented as part of the U Chicago Summer Teacher Institute: Kathryn Carlson– Widowhood and Women's Rights...
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Telling Science Stories: Data Visualization
Objective:Students will evaluate three interactive journalism projects on the ability to effectively communicate complicated issues in science using data visualization. Using datasets of their choice,...
View ArticleAn Uneasy Situation for LGBT Ugandans
For LGBTQ Ugandans, the infamous 'Kill The Gays' bill brought not only unexpected benefits in the form of foreign funding and support, but also a violent backlash among the general public.
View ArticleThis Week: Friends With Dictators
This week: The U.S.'s troublesome alliances with African dictators, Pulitzer tackles homophobia through NewsArts, and the true meaning of the Iraqi Kurdish referendum.
View ArticleHelen Epstein and the West's Role in African Terror
Epstein's new book exposes how the West—and especially the United States—has contributed to the creation of repressive dictatorships and notorious terrorist groups in Africa.
View ArticleCan Math Be Used to Predict an Outbreak?
Scientists use algorithms in effort to forecast ground zero for next animal to human disease crisis.
View ArticleTalks @ Pulitzer: Helen Epstein on Conflict in Central Africa
Event date: Monday, December 4, 2017 - 17:30Journalist Helen Epstein discusses her book on President Yoweri Museveni's greedy involvement with the deadliest conflicts in Central Africa.
View ArticleWill LGBT Ugandans Ever Be Free? Inside the Fight for a Queer Country
Three years after courts struck down a “Kill the Gays” law, LGBTQ Ugandans weigh the cost of participating in a society that hasn’t always accepted their right to live.
View ArticleThe First 1,000 Days and Beyond: Mothers, Children and Early Intervention
Event date: Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 13:30Nicholas Kristof talk on his latest book connects with Boston University Campus Consortium panel on the consequences of malnutrition and efforts to give...
View ArticleMeet the Journalist: Mark Johnson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Johnson and photojournalist Mark Hoffman traveled to Brazil, Kenya, and Uganda to report on the threat of zoonotic diseases long associated with poverty.
View ArticleFor Uganda's LGBTQ+ Community, Visibility Brings Violence
“As an activist in Uganda, you wake up everyday and you say, ‘I have not had an attack.’ That is a blessing.”
View ArticleOutrage and Inspire
Roger Thurow shares stories of hunger across the world in a new podcast produced in collaboration with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
View ArticleEast Africa’s Queer Community Searches for a Home of Its Own
A look at how the Ugandan LGBTQ community—made refugees in their own countries because of their sexuality—build lives of beauty and resilience.
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5 Lesson Plans to Celebrate Women's History Month
This International Women’s Day, this Women’s History Month, and all the year beyond, let’s use our classrooms to highlight and elevate the power of women. Here are five lesson plans that engage with...
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Piecing the Story Together: Visual Literacy Activity Using Photo Puzzles
Activity Prep for Educators:This dynamic activity is a perfect warm-up for any lesson on visual literacy! Before class, print out the "Photos for Puzzle Activity" PDF below (we suggest using cardstock)...
View ArticleSucked Dry: Land Grabs and Water Access in the Nile River Basin
As world water shortages worsen, foreign companies are scooping up fertile land in the Nile River basin. But how are some of the world’s poorest countries affected? Water Journalists Africa reports.
View ArticleLand Grabbing Worsens Climate Change
Forestland grabs are not only denying land rights to forest communities and indigenous people but also leading to biodiversity loss and climate change.
View ArticleYoung Leader Profiles: Meet the Winners of the Local Letters for Global...
Meet the next generation of global changemakers: our contest winners are profiled here, and receive congratulatory videos from journalists reporting on their letters' focal areas.
View ArticleBeyond Fueling Land Grabs: Dams and Reservoirs Worsen Water Shortages
While water dams and reservoirs produce much needed renewable energy, provide water for agriculture, industrial use, and control river flow and flooding, a new study by scientists has found that they...
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